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| Another arrest in Nishtar Hospital takes fake medics tally to eight |
| 2019-02-12 |
[DAWN] MULTAN: Another fake doctor was juggedKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! from Nishtar Hospital on Sunday, taking the tally of fake doctors caught in the hospital to eight. Sabahat Sher Khan, the chief security officer of the hospital, informed the police that during an inspection, a vigilance team visited the emergency ward of the hospital when a man, identified as Javed Iqbal, came to a ward and introduced himself as a doctor of surgery. He also showed his service card. When the hospital record was checked, it was revealed that there was no doctor of this name in surgery department of the hospital. The suspect was arrested and he admitted that he used to get free medical tests of patients from the Nishtar staff by introducing himself as a doctor besides convincing the patients and their attendants to shift to private hospitals to earn commission. It is pertinent to mention here that Nishtar Medical University Vice Chancellor Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha has constituted a vigilance committee to conduct a crackdown on fake doctors. According to hospital sources, eight fake doctors have been caught from the hospital so far. |
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